The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-05-31

rt 'N SIX i"i gih~ behind the winner
About 1000 drcuchcd and dripping
people ou the bauk, galcd piyngiy
hi thc loser am then geyo the widest
ch..ri1r Guadaur H. the sun burst
through the clouds and -houc upon
countless umbrellas and waves. When
the
TWO oARsMEN
tlr came out ou ,lc course. ready
for She ;nrcc mile uu J. To- decide Who
-h0ui bO called tlc champion of
America and carry away $1,000 in
stokes, the el>y was loadcn but appar-
entity did not threaten rain. The
/ light roughucss oithc water had how
ever, 10 dotcrling influence and the
-rrt WAS made win prouptno
llaulan was AT once n triilc ia the icai
+ pulling short, quick stroke forty
/ two 70 the minute. Guaduar kept
close TO him with along and steady
sweep about thirty.ciGht strokes TO
tho minute. Gradually lIanlan forged
"a cad and at the end ut the initial
mi., b. was fully 70 boat length in nd
vance. IL had been the gossip that
if llAulan could lead - the turn he
was rcarlya certain winner bat IL
Gaudaucr reached the buoy fret Han
Ian would never catch up,in
Both Ilsnlan and GOndaur stop
ped pulling II second aud Ilanlan
maintained the lend. lie kept well
TO the irolt ~ from tho start, until
entering the third mile, there llanlAn
commenced to tire. so uneven wns
the water aud his strOkc became, aud
40 great M cXcrtiou dld il ~"em TO
require that many believed his boat
lcaking or had shipped enc of the
chappy seas. GaudHur was lrowing
maguiliccntly. lie -howcd the same
long, steady sweep he had taken Mt
tho outset, but in-tcr, ana with ma
chine like precision he passed poor
struggling ilnn an. a boat'- length
of water between them could be seen,
then another and n last one more
additional.
"llenlau's bc.ten,' murInured thc
crowd.
40, No," shouted others; "sco him
see him -purt. See him ,purt"
And spurt iIan'al did with ven
9enncc. The multitude on the shore
hcld their brcalh-; then regardless OF
! tho rain, tossed their ha' and umbrel-
la in the air and started to cheer like
/ Comanches. The cheers died on their
lips. llaulan could not stand the
pace, aud ngaiu GaudAur'- great
sweep began to tell. 1t Was then that
/ Han an lay back
JUSTAN GNsTANI,
aud turning his face from the rain
shot glance over his shoulder at
Gaudaur. Tue single glance wns
enough. llaulau saw himself ire
I trioyahly hcNtcu. tHudaur vas six
lengths 10 tore, and seeing llAnlGn
/ surrender all hope, Gaudaur mngnAn-
lmou-.y Stacked speed and passed the
stand an cay winner by eleven
4 lengths -ulnc, 2O:2S
II was linc performance under the
adverse cOnd tion llGnlan WAS cen
I by an associated press reporter lmmc-
/ distcly Gttcr.thC race and was asked
what he thought of the result.
~ do not think the best man won,
sald he, "GltLough | achnwlcigc | was
fairly beaten
Questioned how thu. could be the
cX.champion gre" taciturn and would
only say that he ana not Wl-A 10 make
any excuses. Persistent queric- how
ever brought out the statement from
llaulan that he had not been in tho
/ best Of condition.
81 have been suffering from cold
he said; and il told ON INC exactly
when most wanted II not to-"
In sharp contrast to the glum hp-
pcArAucc of IlAulAn wa the CHEEKY
sun burned face Of Gaudauer
"That was the hardest race ever
rowcd said hG, If just had to do my
level best, be added, "aud did it,
The referee Of the race va, Han.
lan'a choice Hamilton BusDy, Of New
ork, IIanlan gets forty per cent Of
50 800 total gate reccipta The re
maindcr gOe5 10 Gaudauer. The Zig
urcs-2 2g29 were from llyram Gloy
or, prc-idcu, OF the Farrigut cut
who was aboard the press boat anC
was understood to be- time keeper
Its facilities for doing 80 were very
Inadequate On the press boat owinl
10 the unfortunate circumstances oi